“Drop the volume” – New Zealand Safety Week
Statistics on Workplace visits for noise
Table of workplace visits made by DoL inspectors to assess workplace noise levels and to give information and advice about noise reduction between 1 July 2006 and 3 August 2007
| Region | Number of visits |
|---|---|
| Northland | 67 |
| Auckland | 271 |
| Waikato / Coromandel | 57 |
| Bay of Plenty | 116 |
| Hawkes Bay / East Coast | 38 |
| Taranaki / Manawatu / Whanganui | 68 |
| Wellington / Horowhenua / Wairarapa | 35 |
| Nelson / Marlborough | 53 |
| Canterbury | 48 |
| West Coast | 22 |
| Otago / Southland | 43 |
| Total all New Zealand | 820 |
| Region | New | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Cost $m* | |
| Northland | 262 | 1.637 |
| Auckland | 1048 | 6.547 |
| Waikato | 736 | 4.785 |
| Bay of Plenty | 481 | 3.005 |
| Gisborne | 71 | 0.421 |
| Hawkes Bay | 153 | 0.963 |
| Taranaki | 80 | 0.449 |
| Manawatu/Whanganui | 257 | 1.686 |
| Wellington | 246 | 1.473 |
| Tasman | 69 | 0.442 |
| Nelson | 87 | 0.529 |
| Marlborough | 73 | 0.487 |
| Canterbury | 758 | 4.851 |
| West Coast | 108 | 0.594 |
| Otago | 302 | 1.866 |
| Southland | 195 | 1.262 |
| Total** | 5073 | $31.866m |
* numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand
** columns may not add to total due to rounding
| Region | Ongoing | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Cost $m* | |
| Northland | 636 | 1.532 |
| Auckland | 3043 | 6.350 |
| Waikato | 1543 | 3.642 |
| Bay of Plenty | 1343 | 3.019 |
| Gisborne | 131 | 0.256 |
| Hawkes Bay | 634 | 1.320 |
| Taranaki | 628 | 1.036 |
| Manawatu/Whanganui | 791 | 1.870 |
| Wellington | 653 | 1.540 |
| Tasman | 118 | 0.135 |
| Nelson | 296 | 0.474 |
| Marlborough | 257 | 0.408 |
| Canterbury | 2203 | 4.227 |
| West Coast | 199 | 0.449 |
| Otago | 589 | 1.015 |
| Southland | 514 | 1.023 |
| Total** | 14,313 | $29.971m |
* numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand
** columns may not add to total due to rounding
| Region | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Cost $m* | |
| Northland | 898 | 3.170 |
| Auckland | 4091 | 12.897 |
| Waikato | 2279 | 8.427 |
| Bay of Plenty | 1824 | 6.023 |
| Gisborne | 202 | 0.677 |
| Hawkes Bay | 787 | 2.283 |
| Taranaki | 708 | 1.484 |
| Manawatu/Whanganui | 1048 | 3.556 |
| Wellington | 899 | 3.013 |
| Tasman | 187 | 0.577 |
| Nelson | 383 | 1.003 |
| Marlborough | 330 | 0.894 |
| Canterbury | 2961 | 9.079 |
| West Coast | 307 | 1.043 |
| Otago | 891 | 2.881 |
| Southland | 709 | 2.286 |
| Total** | 19,386 | $61.837m |
* numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand
** columns may not add to total due to rounding